Republican Senator Fred Thompson is running for President!

Great news for Republicans! We don't need to settle for someone like Rudy now! Fred Thompson is very respected and I honestly think he will end up winning the Republican nomination!

"(CNN) -- After spending months testing the waters for a presidential run, Sen. Fred Thompson has made his candidacy official.

Fred Thompson joins the race for the GOP nomination only four months before the first voting.

"I am running for president of the United States," he said during a taping of NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," drawing applause and cheers from the audience...."